Vachel Lindsay A tour of the house
Vachel Lindsay Early Years High School Years Lindsay: the artist Lindsay's Tramps Panama Canal Eccentricities Higher Vaudeville Style Lindsay Home Lindsay's Death Children's Poetry Mature Poetry Loves of Lindsay Lindsay Heroes Lindsay's Family Lindsay Association	Welcome to our Vachel Lindsay Website America's foremost rhymer/designer was born Nicholas Vachel Lindsay in Springfield, Illinois. He was born in 1879 and died in the home of his birth in 1931. During the 1920's he was one of America's most popular poets. He was especially known for his beautiful art work that accompanied many of his poems and for his unique way of performing his poetry instead of just reading it. People also admired the "tramps" or walking tours he took throughout America, exchanging poetry for room and board. Young people today seem to appreciate many of Lindsay's themes: his love for individualism, nature, and simplicity; and his hatred for hypocrisy and pettiness.     This site was developed by students in Ms. Deborah Huffman's English 437 class at Lanphier High School in Springfield, Illinois. Springfield is proud to be the hometown of Nicholas Vachel Lindsay.
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Vachel Lindsay | Early Years | High School Years | Lindsay: the artist | Lindsay's Tramps | Panama Canal | Eccentricities | Higher Vaudeville Style | Lindsay Home | Lindsay Association | Lindsay's Death | Children's Poetry | Mature Poetry | Loves of Lindsay | Lindsay Heroes | Lindsay's Family

Lanphier High School, Ms. Deborah Huffman
English 437 class